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-" : 1 , : : . T " o VOL. XXIV. VILLIAMSON'S PLAN For Growing Corn economi cally and PrdfiUbfy RETARDING IDEA WORTH TRIAL A Searching Review of the Essential Features of the Method Originated by Mr. Williamson After a Care ful Personal Examination the Clemson Expert Reports That Wherever Tried it Has Been Pound Superior Farmers Urged to Ex periment with it Next Year.. rWux.n College, S. C, Special. Pi"f. .'. I- Newman, who recently i-it'd Islington connfy and" the '. Dec section for the purpose of in v Minting the plan of growing com fiijmatod by Mr. Melver William an account of his visit having )! printed in The News and Cour i t ;il ti c I iine, has completed his re I '.rt on Hit' subject. The correspon ! rJ f The News ami Courier has 1h.ii ;.(i!!:it!ed to copy the report, v. hi. li will h;ive great interest for p!;iif)''is in parts of the State (as as adjoining States). In part i; i-; as follows: TIk- peculiar or essential William son plan features are: 1. I);-ep and thorough preparation of seed bed. The soil is not only broken to fully twice the depth to which it is usually broken, but is broken inucli more thoroughly than is the custom. 2. Deep planting of the seed. Tha seed are placed four to six inches be low the soil level and almost or quite in contact with the subsoil, but cover ed to the rsual depth. This aids in 'stunting" or retarding the growth of the voung corn arid of grasses and weeds as well, since very nearly all the soil proper has beon ploughed away from the corn row and into the middles, and no fertilizer has been applied. 3. Infrequent and partial cultiva tion ia early stages of growth. This i? contrary to popular belief and practice and Mr. Williamson styles it "the most difficult point in the whole process," requiring experience and judgment "to , know just how much the stalk should be stunted, and Alenty of nerve is required to hold Ipck your corn when your neighbors, who fertilize at planting time and cultivate rapidly, have corn twice the size of yours." 4. An increase of 200 per cent or more in the number of stalks per acre. With rows 6x1 feet the Wil liamson plan has a little more than 7.300 stalks per acre against a little more than 2,900 if planting is done 5x3 feet, in accordance with the or dinary practice. Theoretically, this would give 73 and 29 bushels per acre, respectively, and it seems, from evidence at hand, that it is borne out in practice, assuming that each stalk will produce an ear, and one hundred ears will shell a bushel of grain. 5. Postponing application of ferti lizers until corn is given its second cultivation. In ordinary practice this would be about the time corn should be worked the third time. The stalk has been cheeked or "stunted" as de fired, and the fertilizer is applied when the plant needs it for the devel opment of the ear. 6. Intentional retardation of early growth of the stalk until its size is reduced one-half or one-fourth its normal development. 7. Augmented development of the ear (following retardation in stalk development,) by cultivation and heavy a plications of fertilizers. mad3 at appropriate intervals. Since the Williamson plan corn is planted 4 to G inches below the level, and is laid by 4 to G inches above the level, there is 8 to 12 inches of the stalk below the soil surface. The stalk roots or brace roots are below the surface when the crop is laid by, and probably perform their nutri ive functions better than would be of a part of them were exposed to the air. Amounts of Fertilizer. Mr. Williamson recommends the following amounts of fertilizers ap plied to an acre: For 50 bushels of corn per acre: Two hundred pounds of cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid phosphate, 400 pounds of acid phosphate 400 pounds of kainit, 125 pounds of ni trate soda, 925 pounds, costing about For 100 bushels of corn per acre: 400 pounds of cotton seed meal, 40C pounds of acid phosphate, 800 pounds of kainit, 300 pounds of nitrate of soda, 1,900 pounds, costing about $19. The total cost of fertilizers, culti vation, etc., for producing 50 bushel on one acre would vary fram $15 tc $20, and for producing 100 bushels on one acre from $25 to $30. These valuations are based on the market price of the fertilizers (assuming the acid phosphate to be 14 per cent goods) and the average price of labor. The cost of labor varies in different parts of the State and even on adja cent farms. If the cow pea crop grown with, the corn produces one ton of hay, this crop, if left on and in the ground, would add to it about $12 worth of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. If the cow pea crop would produce two tons of hay, this crop left on and la the ground rppH afid 124 worth oj these fertilizer ingredients. How JTer, the value of the cow pea foi feeding purposes is double iti valoi for fertilizing purposes. If judicious ly fed to animals this hav trill bav a feeding value of about $24 per ton, and if all the excreta is saved and returned to the soil between 80 and 90 per cent ($10.20 per ton) of tb fertilizing value of the cow pea haj will be given back to the land. At ordinary crop of cow as may U made to pay the cost of cultivatinj the com, or probably the cost of tb fertilizer. A good crop should paj for both. Compared With Other Yields. " Considerable effort has been made to gather as much comparative data as possible sc as to have Williamson plan corn yields that might justly be compared with yields from the ordi nary method. It is highly desirable that as far as possible, and without prejudicing either, the two crops for comparison be grown on the same character of land and planted at the same time, and that the treatment and surroundings of each differ in no way except 96 to the peculiar or es sential features of difference exist ing between the two plans or methods Reports of some three dozen farmers who have this year given the Wil liamston plan a test have been brought to the notice of the writer. Some of these were not considered definite enough for consideration, but twenty-eight reported either a com parison of yields from crops grown this year by both plans or gave yields secured from the ordinary plan in the past on the same land. The two low est yields reported from the ordinary methods were seven and ten bushels per acre. The two highest yields re ported from the same method were forty-five and fifty bushels per acre. The two lowest yields reported from the Williamson plan were twenty seven and thirty bushels per acre. The two highest yilds reported from the same plan were one hundred bush els per acre. The yield from twenty eight reporting both the ordinary and the Williamson plan compared gives an average of 23.25 bushels per acre for the former and 5G.42 bushels per acre for the latter. These twenty eight show a remarkable average dif ference of 33.17 more bushels per acre in favor of the Williamson plan, an increase of 142 per cent. Jt cannot, however, in justice to either method, be said that these com parisons indicate the actual differ ence between the Williamson plan and the ordinary method. Many of the reports give the number of bush els per acre in round numbers, indi cating that the yields were estimated rather than actually determined. In a number of cases the yield in 1906 from the Williamson plan was com pared with the yield secured from the same land when it was last in corn, the compared crops not having been grown the same year. There may be other sources of error. On the other hand, a large majority of farmers who have tried the Williamson plan now enthusiastically accept it and it is the sensation in the communities where the plan has been consistently followed. It is hoped that every far mer in the State will give it a fair and impartial trial in 1907. Indians Kill 16 Americans. Phoenix, Ariz., Special. Business men of Souora, Mex., recently arriv ing here, say that within the last two months 16 Americans have been killed by Yaqui Indians at one point or another in Mexico. Most of the victims were selllers, who fled there but recently returned, beleiving the railroad building had progressed to a point where they would be protect ed from th.i murderous bands ol Yaquis. A Company Headed By Women. St. Paul, Minn., Special The Al aska Garnet Mining P.ud Manufac turing Company of Minneapolis, filed articles of incorporation with the Sec retary of State. The board of direc tors is composed entirely of women. Iu fact, there does not appear to be a man connected with the company. The company is capitalized at $1, 000,000 and it will mine and manu facture garnets. Mamie R. Fowler of Minneapolis is president of tha company. Indians Butcher Mexicans. El Paso, Tex., Special. A special from Nogales, Mex., says details are arriving here of the butchery of a party- of Mexicans by Yaqui Indians near Valencia, 60 mile below Guaya raas. Eleven Mexicans and one Am erican were killed and from all ac counts there was over 100 Indians in the attacking party. The employes on the Southern Pacific in that sec tion are frightened. It is. said many are leaving and- that the massacre may delay the road to Guadalajara. Two rich girls of Cincinnati are de scribed as living the simple life. Th older is sixteen, the other almost fif teen. They have traveled all ovei Europe and have been in Egypt an Mexico. They learned French ii France, Italian in Italy, German ir Germany. They drive automobiles, ridt saddle-horses, play tennis ana oiuej outdoor sports, have lsEsons on the pi ano,' mandolin and g-altzr, go to be at 9 p. rn. and tre&fcfast at 3 a. m What, after the amazing calm of thei' early years, may. tbeae girls not do marvels the New York World, If t'm fiecide to try the strer.ui life?. RALEIGH, NOFTU 39 DIE IN A WRECK Frightful Collision Occurs Near Washington Gty APPALLING DISASTER ON B. & 0. m Accident Caused by Collision of Train Ho. 6 With Dead Head q' ttipment Paenger Special of Eight Can Three Mflea From Washing ton. Washington, Speeti.l An appalling disaster occurred .Sndayiiight at ,7 o'clock on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road at Terra Cotta, about three miles from this city, in which about 39 persons were killed and over 60 injured, some of them so seriously that they will die. The accident was caused by the collision of train No. 66, due here at 6:15 p. m.t from Fred ericksburg, Md., known as the Fred erick special, with a dead-head passeu ger equipment special of eight cars. Over ZOO passengers were aboard the ill-fated train. The railway officials were unable to assign any cause for the collission. As soon as the news of the wreck reached this city all am bulances available with as many phy sicians as could be assembeld, were sent to the scene. Of tTie injured seven were taken to Freedman's Hospital, 15 to the United States Soldiers' Hospital, and 20 have been brought into the city on a special train to be carried to various hospitals. Among the injur ed was District Attorney Baker, of this city, who, despite his inpuries, walked almost two miles to Brook land and brought the first news of the wreck. He was completely ex hausted, and after medical treat ment was sent to the city.- Waiting Passengers Killed. One of the worst features of the catastrophe was enacted at the sta tion of Terra Cota. Here a number of passengers were waiting to take the train into the city when the col lision occurred. Of the large num ber only two escaped; the remainder were either killed by Jbeing thrown under the rtain or injured by flying pieces of wreckage. Partial List of Dead. Following is a partial list of - the dead: Mary Lippold, 30 years old, Em ploye of bureau of engraving and printing, this city. George Higbie, 8 years old, Brook land, D. C. Unidentified Negro, 35 years old. Unidentified White Boy, 12 years old. Elizabeth Pearman, Takoma Park. T. A. Kelly, Kingston, Md. Dr. E. Garther Harrie, Washington Miss Koll, (a Y. M. C. A. card was found in her pocket.) WThite Girl, 13 years old, uniden tified. White Clirl, 18 years old, unidenti fied. Negro Baby, unidentified. White Baby, unidentified. Norman Rogers, white, Marion, Indiana. Mrs. J. McCaghley. 14-year-old Son of Mrs. McCaugh- ley. Edward M. Belt, white, 14 years old, address unknown. Commodore P. Brown, 60 years of age, address unknown. Prof. Kiiig. organist Wesley Chapel Kin?ington,r Md. Two Negro Women, unidentified. Two White Women, about 30 years old, unidentified. White Woman, 2o years old, un- detified. White Woman, 20 years old, un identified. White Child, unidentified. News Items. Mms. Gould was adjudged jointly liable for a jewelry bill of $57,000. William Faversham violently at tacked a waiter in a New York hotel who had thrown a plate at the actor's wife. The Postal Commission will urge Congress to authorize a searching in vestigation of the Postoffice Depart ment. Tillman on the President. Birmingham, Ala, Special. "Roosevelt does not know anything about the negro and every time he touches him he makes a mess of it. He had no business discharging the negro trcops at Brownsville before making a carfeul investigation. I doubt-very much whether or not he is vested with the authority to take such matters in his own hands any way." ' Thus spoke Senator Benja min R.; Tillman after his arrival from Dothan, Ala. f Assassinations Advocated. San Franeiseo Special. Secret service agents here had their atten tion called to an inflammatory paper published in Berkeley by Japanese entitled "'The Bevolution," in which the assassination of the Mikado, President Roosevelt and others fn authority is advocated in plaja lan guage. 'Harked copies of th paper were sajjt through the m&iyto the board, cfi eiiJCRtisn in tM0y. it: i r . i - i - , i. I, I,,, , I, I,,,. .1, i . 1, "r I". 'i7"T .'7'"'"."'i'T-'"i"iT " "-"'-"-" "r!rT-T7L.L jT iM CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, l'J07. NO AID FOR GAMBLERS Money Placed is lUsks by Treats? is for the Relief of Basinets Only Secretary Replies at Length to Let ter rrom Nathvllle, TeniL, Mas Who Insiste Thit Relief Has Beta Given Gamblers and Money Sharks, "the Real Cause of High Money ia New York' and Inquiries How Long Will the Practice Continue. Washington, SpeciaI.Ia a letter to a correspondent residing in Nash ville, Tean Secretary Shaw repudi ates the suggestion that the United States Treasury ever has come to the relief of stock gamblers. The cor respondent ia qutation, whose name is withheld, insists that such relief has been given gamblers and money sharks, "the real cause of high mon ey in New York," aud inquiry how long will the practice continue. To which the Secretary made the following reply: "Your letter of December 23d i received, and I note your sentiments with respect to stock gamblers. Your letter is so courteous and voices so accurately the view of many well in formed people, that I am constrained to anwer it somewhat at length. "You seem to proceed upon the theory that the existing monetary stringency is caused solely by stock gambling. In this you are in error. Some people gamble in stocks, some in cotton, others in wheat, corn, pork, or lard, and some in land. When times are good people will speculate in anything and everything that pos sesses a market value. The propor tion of speculation as compared with uecessary and legitimate business is very small, however, and is probably no larger in New York City than in Nashville, Tenn., where you reside, or in Denison, Iowa, where I live. The best estimates I can get place the amount of speculative transac tions in New York City at from 2 1-2 to 5 per cent of the aggregate. "The Treasury has never come to the relief of stock gamblers and prob ably never will, though the relief, which the Treasury grants frequently aids those who gamble on the bull side of the stock market, aud the bull side of the wheat, the cotton market, the corn market and every other mar ket, but it is equally harmful to those who gamble on the bear side of these respective markets. Both bulls and bears importune the Secretary of tho Treasury, but the nature of the ad vice usually idicates the side of the market on which they, are operating. Naturally these communications have no influence whatever. The real bus iness situation is the sole considera tion. "During the dull season of 1906 the Secretary of the Treasury with drew millions of the, people's money and locked it up. This would have been a crime if he were not willing to release it now when it is needed. By appropriate use of thi money in the vaults of the Treasury I have facilitated the importation of a hun dred millions of gold within the last nine months, and have released, or arranged for the release of fifty mil lions more. This was done, as I say, for the purpose of aiding legitimate business, though it has helped the bull side of the market as much as it has damaged the bear side. I care as little for either of these considera tions as do you, but I am intense-ly interested in the appropriate business interests of the country. "It is for the relief of business that the Treasury has returned to the channels of trade the money which it wtihdrew when the people had no use for it except for purposes of spec ulation. It was then wanted for speculation and I withdew it. It is now needed for business and I restore it. The last $10,000,000 deposit went almost exclusively to the cotton pro duceing statea and the exceptions went to cotton buying cities." Killed Ey Daughter's Escort. Montieeiio, Ga., Special. James Polk, aged i0 years,, was shot and killed by Cirb Waldrop, a young man who had escorted two cf Polk's daughters to an entertainment, re turning wiih them about 2 a. m. Polk berated the young man for -coming home so late, end in the quarrel that followed, Polk was killed. Triple Tragedy Enacted.. Danville, Va., Special. Joe Pat rillo, an Italian laborer, Maggie Sul livan, an American woman, and Law rence Sullivan, the 12-year-old son of Maggie Sullivan, were shot to deat at a camp of- railway employes about a mile from Motley's station, which is about 30' miles from Danville. The muredrs are the result of a bitter feud. Fred Ammoto, an Italian, who ht3 charge of the commissary at the camp, and his son, Allie Aammoto, have been trrested on the charge of the killing. Situation Grows Acute. Lodz, Poland, By Cable.The sit uation here is rapidly becoming acute. Sanguinary 'encounters we're frequent during the day. Six per&bns were killed -and twelve wounded. It is generally anticipated that the work men will eventually secure the up per hand over the Socialists, drive out the agitators and resume vorfc Ftthing a few days, . MTHJMNEWS terns of Interest Gleaned from Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE Minor Occurences of the Week ef Interest to Tar Heels Told ia Para graphs. To Push Immigration Matter. Raleigh, Special. It ?eru certain fcat the next Legislature will b jre. ted to push the matter of imrniifra lion to North Carolina, following the fead of South Carolina, where the taovernent seems to be so successful. There will also be a very earned ef fort to secure immigrants from the Korthwest and North, particularly English, Germans and Scandinavians, who have been in the country long enough to become somewhat acclima ted and to know enough of the langu age to make themeslves understood. It is the opinion of many observant people that this class is more devir ible than those from abroad, as the iatter will have so much more to learn in every way. The New England Btates are now congested with for rigners, and out West the good land, lias to a very great degree been taken ap by homesteaders and great num bers of the people are pouring over into Canada. If this movement could be diverted Southward it would mcaft a good deal. Governor Glenn feels lhat North Carolina needs -a quarter af a million of sturdy immigrants. A concerted movement, literally ad vertising and active work by agents will mean a great deal. It is Gov ernor Grenn's desire that Secretary Bruner, of the board of agriculture, shall make a tour of the Northwest illustrating North Carolina by a dis play of resources and perhaps by steropticon views and by the very free distribution of literature. A Chapter of Tragedies. A special from Asheville gives the following: Delayed communications from Dillsboro, received here indicate that Jackson county was made a veritable battle ground this week. One man was shot and instantly killed, while another man shot several times, is not exepcted to live, and a third was cut so badly that he will hardly re cover. Iu Savannah township Sunday night Coleman Frady was shot and instantly killed by his brother, Rob ert Fradj The brothers were the best of friends up to the moment of the killing. They were drinking and playing cards, when a dispute arose and Robert drew his gun and killed Frady. In Canada township Christmas day John Brown was shot several times by Henry Rheinehart and is not ex pected to live. Rheinhart and Brown engaged in a pistol duel in Rhine hart's store, when both emptied their revolvers. Brown was shot through both shoulders. A few hours after wards the men met again and for a second time a pistol duel was fought, Rheinhart shooting Brown in the mouth, inflicting a probable fatal in jury. A day before the Brown-Rheinhart shooting, Elijah Owens was stabbed to the hollow several limes by a man named Brackens. Owens was fear fully cut. He had the reputation of being Canada township s bad man. Mills Shut Down. Concord, Special. On account of the scarcityof coal and the inability of the railroads to deliver the coal the Cannon Mills Nos. 2 and 3 and the Franklin Mill were compelled to close down Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This, of course, means an indefinite period, and will necessarily throw many employes out of work for the time being. Shild Burned To Death. Winston-Salem, Special. The 4 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, T M. Nunn, of Walkertown, was burn ed to death. The child was out in the yard with her mother, who was burning' some leaves and trash. Th little ones clothes ignited and soon her body was wrapped in flames. Ef fort was made to extinguish the fire. but the child's clothing. was practi cally burned off before the flame few minutes. Mr. Nunn is managei of a flouring mill and is a highly es teemed citizen of Walkertown. Brought to Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special. George T Dallas and Otis L. Dallis, who were arrested in Crowley, La., several days ffgdVeharged with taking $9,000 frorr the" local express office, were brough to Spartanburg by Deputy Sheriff W J. White. The young men were re leased on bonds of $500 and $l,00i respectively. The bonds were, signec by M L, DaUif acd StssyaraTii tea, , SUitS THREERAILROADS Cerporatiea Cccaiaeioa Takes Ae tioa Agai&n Seutkers, Seabeard and Ccau List Ux Izxccxsn Train B&Uetizg. linleih. SpeUI. TUs OtrvrtN.js Cmuka U uiajf th S3t!tm lUilwsy ia thi ewautr fcr tioUttaj; the tmier hi-b rt ulo cfWt N t ember Ut, rwjumn; trm bulletin ttt be ntd promptly mxr fwurt!yf lhee violation binj inrmrr4 at Ralciiri?. Gatonia, Whitlwr and trrenbwr. The Atlantic Vat lific in Ixfinj; ue4 far violation at Fay ettille, an,) the Seaboard Air line ftr several violation. The anally in each cas i f50l. Horrible Death of Engineer S. C. Maxwell ia Sealcard Wreck. Charlotte, N. C pceiat. Tbt Sea board Air Line fat mail No. 32, northbound from Atlanta to Hirh- mond, rrasdsed into a rtrinf of load ed freight cars at iVachland, a fla? station 19 mile ra-t of Monroe, late Saturday night, partially wtecking the pasnfr train and killing K:i- gitiefr S. E. Maxwell of Halrisb. Running 50 inuYs an Lour Kujjinner Maxwell sighted the freight traiu a he rounded the rune near l'eachland and with concern only for the pas sengers, whose lives were iu hi care, he applied (he emergency brake in an effort to moderate the impending erah. The speed was reduced !o 10 miles an hour when the traiu struck and the fireman jumjed without be ing hurt. Majrwell stuek to his )ist of duty, was caught between t lie en gine aud tender and slowly roasted tJ death m view of the rcscurers, who strained everv nerve" to reach him. Helplessly pinned in an upright im- sition with both feet in the firebox, the brave man lived four hour, ful ly conscious, talking cheerfully tc the rescurers, his last words beintr a message to his wife and child at Ra leigh. No one else was hurt. Negro Killed in Wrech. Imisburg, Special. Saturday morning as the 10:30 train was com ing in from Franklinton the engineer lost control of his train and the en gine, tender and one box car, loaded with hay, ran off the little bluff at the waiting rooms overlooking Maia street, and are now a complete wreck, almost blockading the street. None f the train crew or passengers were in jured, the box in front preventing the passeger coaches frm running off. One negro, -Tom Macon, was caught under the tender and killed instant'. It is miraculous that the hacks and waiting carriage in the street escaped injury, but none was hurt. The air brakes were not work ing nor had they Wen for more than a week and the sand box on the en gine was devoid of sand. There i; a steep grade for about one mile com ing down to the station and it was upon this grade that the train attain ed a terrific rate of speed, which a reverse of the engine and the hand brakes on the box car, whose wJieels were sliding along the rails,- failed to check in time. New Durham Street Railway. Durham, Social. A" number of capitalists are arranging to back a company that will put in here anoth er street railway system, or rather an' auxiliary system to the one that is now in operation. This new com pany proposes, so it is stated, to ask the city officials for a franchise that will put in a boult system for the city, this skirting the edges of the city, touching East and West Durham and connecting with thep resent sys tem at a number of jxdnts. The m and connecting with the present sys gained currency here a few days ago. Saturday afternoon it was learned a an absolute fact that men of great wealth, who are able to float the deal, are planning and arranging for this new company. Give Wage Incrase Wilmington, Special. The Con solidated Railway, Light and Power Company at a special meeting of the board of directors, called by Presi dent Hugh McRae Saturday, granted a voluntary increase of ten per cent in the wage scale of all conductors and motormen of its city and subur ban lines. State Farmers to Meet. The annual meeting of the North Carolina division of the Southern Cotton Asociation is to be held io the eapitol building in Raleigh, Wed nesday and Thursday. The address of welcome will be delivered by Gov ernor R. B. Glenn Wednesday even ing at 7:30 o'clock. A preliminary meeting of all the presidents of the county organizations will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30o'clock Thursday morning at 10 o'clock the report of the president will be read. The election of officers for the ensu ing year will follow. , Curtis Jett Gets Life Sentence. Louisville, Ky., Special. Curtis Jett . was found guilty of the assas sination of James Cockerell, at Jack son, Ky., four yeara ago. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Jett confessed Friday that during th? progress of his trial at Cyntbiam that he . alone had killed Cockerell Jett is cow serving a life sentence foi Complicity ia the murder of Attor ney Jlerrao, isverei jtm igo, " NO. :.2. 3 BISHOP SMITH DEAD An AUc Member of Methodist Cpbcopacy Passes Away aiCTtD BISHOP IN YEAR 1532 fet4 Bkkep ef Ss&tra Metkodkt Clare Pa Away at Hla Heat ia Asher.2HJ Lesg Af kt4 With Tubtrcubtia, nia life Rtbsg Osct Despaired Of Wm 17 Teari 014 a Cradaate ef Wc?erd CcHtjt tad Mtabcr f rrc2ties tf VaaderbCl &J&4 WeSerd. Abti!!ft fperif I liibfp A. Smith, ef the Strntbern MthHlUt rhureh, UM bcr Thursday cilt uddeuly at S o'elort at tu tnidrnce on Meniara atenu Death a due to heart failure, ltirbop Smith m a ufferer (um tuberruUm aaj ram here nearly two yea ao in fcrarrh of health. He wag ten fined to bit bed for a ti.ee. Once it a thought that he could nut rvvr. However, he rallied to atteui tha lat ftfi t the Western North Carolina Con ference. He filled tre pulpit ot the Central churrh here several timet during the fumrucr aevl early fall, and was gradually rega.inius Lis but health. Surviving arc a -niduw a.nd ieeral children. The remains will be taken to Nor folk, Va., thft former home of BUhop Fraith, accompanied by member of the family. Bishop Smith was 57 years of ag, having been born in Sumter county, South Carolina, September JO, IH0. lie was a mm of Rer. W. II. and Isabella Smith, hi mother before marriage being a MeLeod. He was graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C, in 1872, receiv ing in 1S74 the de,rre of A. M. He became a doctor of divinity in ISS7, by act of Erskine College, Due West, S. C, On December 22, 1875, he was wedded to Miss Kate Kinard, of New. leny, S. C. Frcm 1SS(I to 1890 Dr. Smith occupied the chair of mental and moral philosophy in Wofford College, and was profeaaor of prac tical theology in Vanderbilt Untver wty from lfi0 to 1892. He resigned in the latter year to return to the pastorate. In 1801 he wai a delegate to tha Ecumenical Conference at Washington, where he read a paper on Christian co-operation. He was a fraternal delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist church of Canada, at Toronto, in ScptemWr, 189S. It was at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, held at Dallas, Tex., in May of 1902, that Dr. Smith attained hi corwning extinction, being; elected bishop. This office ho held unto hie death. Bishop Smith wit an original thinker and a forceful speaker. He was well known throughout tbU sec tion. About four 3ear ago he was (for one year a resident of Chralotte. He was, during his career, paator at Cheraw, Columbia, Charleston and , I ether South Carolina points. It wai while pastor of Epworth church Nor folk, Va., iu 1902, that he was elect ed bishop. Two years age he remov ed to Asheville for his health. Planned to Counterfeit. New York, Special. J. D. Sulsona, a tutor and said to be head of a school of languages in Far Rockaway, waj arretted by secret service agents charged with complicity in a plan to counterfeit 100-peso notes of the Columbian republic. Simon Boehm and Samuel - Ottero were arret Jed several days ago on a similar charge. To Contest City'f Gift. Norfolk, Specials It was stated by Attorney George G. Martin that he, acting for certain taxpayer, would seek to restrain, through the courts, the payment to the Belt Line Rail road of the -30,000 voted it by the Norfolk Board of Aldermen and Com mon Councillor the extension of itt line from the Eastern branch of the Elizabeth river to the mouth of Tan-' ner'a creek, about six miles. Injunc tion papers have already been prepar ed. Alex. J. Caseett Dead Philadelphia, Special. Alexander Johnstone Cassett, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and one of .the foTtfifost railroad men gnd fisisciers ira the 'etftTafry', died suddenly at hi residence in "this city. Mr. Casaatt, vbo was a little more than 67 years if age, wai stricken with heart dis use -shortly before 1 o'clock and tied lief ore assistance could be civta f. 5T:; . . --.w- - Ms, t i 1 1 ii In
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